Fires...
It has been very smoky here in our Valley for the last week or more. First the Humboldt Fire made everything hazy, and then the much closer Wild Fire over in Wooden Valley (northeast of the town of Napa and northwest of Fairfield) really started to smoke up the place.Sunrise was blood red this morning. Everything outside is starting to show a light coating of ash. A short time ago, a friend who works with Phil Coturri told me all his guys are up fighting a new fire near Cavedale Road above town.
The area last burned when a power line hit a tree, touching off the 1996 Cavedale Fire which burned over 2,000 acres and seriously damaged homes and vineyards on the western slopes of Mount Veeder.
So far this year's Cavedale burn is small, and let's hope the fuel load has not built up much since the big burn twelve years ago (who could believe it has been that long!).
I talked with Jean-Marie today and we arranged to get the big disc and tractor out to the Estate tomorrow to knock down the dried vegetation surrounding the vineyard with at least a 30'-wide setback. If an ember drifts down and the dried stuff gets torched, we're hoping to keep the blaze from jumping into the trees and climbing the hillside above the property.
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